Where does “clairolfaction” come from?
clairolfaction (English) comes from English olfaction, from Latin olfactus, from Latin olfaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
clairolfaction (English): The ability to acquire psychic knowledge or information using ones sense of smell
Definitions
- The ability to acquire psychic knowledge or information using ones sense of smell
Ancestry of “clairolfaction”, step by step
clairolfaction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English olfaction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | olfaction | The sense of smell; the detection of airborne... |
| 2 | Latin | olfactus | smelled, scented; smelling; sense of smell |
| 3 | Latin | olfaciō | to smell, scent |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English fr:clair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fr:clair | — |